I am 33 year plus educator with a passion for authentic learning (Situated Learning) experiences for students. Hence my extreme interest in leveraging current and emerging technologies for student engagement.

Eighteen of those years were spent in the secondary science classroom teaching Biology, Chemistry, Human Genetics, & Biotechnology at Waubonsie Valley High School (k-12 district). The next four years was spent as the Instructional Technology Coordinator at Neuqua Valley High School (3,800 students) outside of Chicago, IL. The last eight years of my time has been occupied by my current position as Assistant Principal for Instruction, Technology, & Support Services at Hinsdale South High School of two school high schools in a district in the western suburbs of Chicago.  This year I made conscious choice t go back to the science classroom to be shoulder to shoulder with students and I am loving it!  I get to engage them personally and to see connections being made that relevent and interesting to them.  I get tp orvide them opportinunities to be a part of their learning and contributors to the collective body of understanding.

I am married to a beautiful Aussie lass and have three children 35, 27, and 10. We love to travel (state side and internationally), downhill ski, SCUBA, dine out, read, garden, listen to eclectic music.

I am a neophyte blogger and want to ramp that part of my professional and personal growth.